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Quoting Kimi K3

Simon Willison · Jul 17, 2026 · Engineering Insights

Kimi K3 deflects system prompt leaking with a pointed redirect question

“Is there something I can actually help you with today?”

Kimi K3 responded to a system prompt extraction attempt by refusing and redirecting with a rhetorically sharp question. The moment highlights how frontier models are increasingly trained to handle adversarial prompting with personality rather than flat refusals. Minor signal on its own, but illustrative of emerging AI deflection behavior patterns.

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